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. >> louisianians are struggling because of obamacare. she recently told reporters, "i am not concerned for anything." she cast the deciding vote for obama care in the first place. it is the brave new world of government incompetence that we will live in. guest: the last line for that is interesting because that is new. the brave new world of government incompetence. that is something the launch of the obamacare website has over republicans. up to it is no longer it is better for you. -- the government is better for you. these guys are incompetent buffoons. it is a attack that could have some resonance. obama had problems with the nsa, spying, leaks, the problem of the health-care website that does not work, he looks like the government is having difficulty operating. in -- and now he says the democratic senators are wrong on governing. that is intriguing to me. i'm a government junkie, so maybe it is less intriguing to other people. host: let me share this. president obama is making a big comeback if only he could get the news out to mil
. >> louisianians are struggling because of obamacare. she recently told reporters, "i am not concerned for anything." she cast the deciding vote for obama care in the first place. it is the brave new world of government incompetence that we will live in. guest: the last line for that is interesting because that is new. the brave new world of government incompetence. that is something the launch of the obamacare website has over republicans. up to it is no longer it is better...
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what are your thoughts on obamacare? too many questions. i had to ask you three. >> i may need a couple hours. it is unraveling on its own effects. i was telling jonathan that i think it is not that government is inherently stupid, although that is a debatable point. it is that they do not get the right incentives. the business would be run this way because you would be run out of business immediately. we have put into law perverse incentives. people who had cheap insurance no longer can buy that. it is what they could afford and that is the only way they had it. i was one of them. i used to have family coverage for five people, for $5,000. a $5,000 deductible. in obamacare, you can have a higher detectable and still pay $20,000 because there is a mandate built into it. the problem is the insurance company is never going to offer those policies again because they are told within a year, if you delay it for year, then in a year everyone will be forced to buy the new policies, which are more expensive. let's say you sell bread and you sell fo
what are your thoughts on obamacare? too many questions. i had to ask you three. >> i may need a couple hours. it is unraveling on its own effects. i was telling jonathan that i think it is not that government is inherently stupid, although that is a debatable point. it is that they do not get the right incentives. the business would be run this way because you would be run out of business immediately. we have put into law perverse incentives. people who had cheap insurance no longer can...
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trying to take away your right to own guns and the government is doing this and obama is doing that and obamacare is terrible, so those were the guys i wanted to talk to, but they were the guys with the leaflets, with the ideas. i said i am an academic and research are and i am doing research on these organizations, these ideas and trying to understand man who believe the stuff. a bunch of them looked at me suspiciously and asked me questions. i just said, look, here's what i am. i don't get it. here's my job. i want to understand how you guys see the world. i want to understand that your view will -- don't understand your worldview. you will not convince me in mind when i convince you. what is on the table is i want to understand why you think the way you do. >> downward mobility, racial and gender equality, michael kimmel on the fears, anxieties and rage of angry white men. sunday night at nine on afterwards. >> online for december's book tv book club, we want to know what your favorite books were in 2013. thought the month, join other leaders to discuss the notable books published this year. -
trying to take away your right to own guns and the government is doing this and obama is doing that and obamacare is terrible, so those were the guys i wanted to talk to, but they were the guys with the leaflets, with the ideas. i said i am an academic and research are and i am doing research on these organizations, these ideas and trying to understand man who believe the stuff. a bunch of them looked at me suspiciously and asked me questions. i just said, look, here's what i am. i don't get...
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you said you think that obamacare is bad and the implementation of the common core is far worse. who is to blame and anyone stepping up to fix this? >> i am not a big believer in blame. i am a union leader and i could easily say, this one, this one, this one. if we are not rolling up our sleeves and actually engaging, then we are in the same debate over who cares about kids. i care about kids, no, i care about kids. that is a debate we are having during this period of time of austerity. let me just say, this is what i think is happened. we do education policy by press release. i think the governors and the state chiefs will write about saying, let's figure out a set of standards that are aligned to what kids need to know about the global economy. they move pretty fast about it. we were engaged with them and brought a lot of teachers who critiqued the materials and things like that. that is what happened. the public was not involved, parents were not involved, districts were not involved. it felt like, because of the speed at which it went, and because the federal government incen
you said you think that obamacare is bad and the implementation of the common core is far worse. who is to blame and anyone stepping up to fix this? >> i am not a big believer in blame. i am a union leader and i could easily say, this one, this one, this one. if we are not rolling up our sleeves and actually engaging, then we are in the same debate over who cares about kids. i care about kids, no, i care about kids. that is a debate we are having during this period of time of austerity....
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under obamacare, this arbitrary selection of 50, defining a large corporation, does not fit with the burial spirit. -- with the entrepreneurial spirit. do you think we should increase cost that of fte would trigger the affordable care act? andou believe 50 is too low we, as congress, should increase it to a number higher than 50. you need the facts and circumstances test on who has the today control. if you increase it to 50, the same thing happens beyond 50, 200.er it is 75, 150, the 30 hour rule, i believe increasing the number would alleviate the number of issues. it is a legislative fix. there would have to be a change to the statute itself. comeshink the challenge in that every industry cannot be put in the same box. of any the evaluation organization that tries to encapsulate multiple industries, there are always different materials for the industries. with a at an industry , iewhat mobile workforce think the costs are going to be significantly higher for the same number of employees, the same number of ftes, as it would for a larger workforce. >> thank you. >> yes, i think tha
under obamacare, this arbitrary selection of 50, defining a large corporation, does not fit with the burial spirit. -- with the entrepreneurial spirit. do you think we should increase cost that of fte would trigger the affordable care act? andou believe 50 is too low we, as congress, should increase it to a number higher than 50. you need the facts and circumstances test on who has the today control. if you increase it to 50, the same thing happens beyond 50, 200.er it is 75, 150, the 30 hour...
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the health care law, which requires businesses to abrogate employees and could be subjective to the obamacare employer mandate. according to the national federation of independent as is, 39% of small businesses were -- with 20 or more employees will at least 10% of one or more of their businesses. to determine the threshold of 50 or more employees has been met in the situations, the health care law utilizes the internal revenue service code controlled, group, business, abrogation rules, which are complex and confusing even to most experts. some experts have suggested that most small business owners could not interpret these rules without the guiding and -- without the guidance and related specialist.ax despite the administration's promises at the health care law would help small businesses, each week seems to bring entrepreneurs more bad news, more costly regulations, more and certainty and less incentive to grow their business and create jobs. a recent u.s. chamber of commerce international franchise association survey found that 53% of small-business owners believed the law will have a nega
the health care law, which requires businesses to abrogate employees and could be subjective to the obamacare employer mandate. according to the national federation of independent as is, 39% of small businesses were -- with 20 or more employees will at least 10% of one or more of their businesses. to determine the threshold of 50 or more employees has been met in the situations, the health care law utilizes the internal revenue service code controlled, group, business, abrogation rules, which...